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How are the dancing boys getting on

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UniS · 27/02/2015 20:07

I know there are a few parents of Boys that dance on here, but its been a while since we had a thread. How are your lads getting on and what kind of dance are they into currently.

To Kick off, DS is nearly 9, into Morris and step dance. His class currently has 3 boys in as well as 4 or 5 girls and they are working towards some festival performances in the summer. DS is rather chuffed that the Morris Dance they are expecting to perform is one he chose. He has come a long way since he started toddler ballet as the only boy with his female best friend age 2.5.
Its starting to get expensive with the shoes... his feet keep growing, he has the biggest feet in the class. Thankfully there is thriving second hand tap shoe circuit and the older girls in another class all wear mens oxford style shoes that are appropriate for boys too.

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WhispersOfWickedness · 27/02/2015 22:45

Ooo, hello
I have a dancing boy He is 5 and has been doing ballet and tap for a year now. I wondered when he started if it was just a passing interest, but he is still there a year later and loving it His school have their annual show a week tomorrow and he is very excited

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UniS · 27/02/2015 23:28

Unis waves at whispers. DS occasionally wavers, but not for long, he likes performing at the festivals and he just likes to MOVE.

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saintlyjimjams · 28/02/2015 07:57

Ds2 has finally faced his fear of dance & is getting very into it at the moment. He had a large part in a major new show a few months ago & that had some small dance scenes & he did them well. My parents were amazed when they saw it 'ds2? Dancing on a table?'. He even coped with some set malfunctions when I saw his first show (the boardroom style table didn't join in the middle - so he had to dance across a gap). The adult cast do a brilliant tap scene as part of the show & now he wants to learn tap (hard to find a suitable class though for a 13 year old boy beginner).

He has just joined an all boys contemporary dance group that he seems to be really enjoying. They have quite a few performances coming up.

Lovely to see him getting enthused about dance. He still takes a little longer than a natural dancer would to pick up the moves, but he does get there now and I was stunned when I saw him in the last show because he just looked like he could dance.

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UniS · 28/02/2015 08:02

Hello saintly. Your in Devon aren't you? Is Totnes or illsington in your reach? Pretty sure there are all boy classes going on there. Too far south for us, but DS is a class that's almost half boy anyway. Some of our step dancers didn't start till they were 11,,they seemed to pick it up fairly fast at that age.

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2gorgeousboys · 28/02/2015 08:24

Hi, I have 2 dancing boys - they do ballroom and Latin. DS1 is 15 and has been dancing for 4 and a half years and DS2 is 10 and has danced for 2 years.

saintlyjimjams · 28/02/2015 17:26

We're in Devon but a bit further South-west than Totnes. We have a choice of 2 all boys groups. Ds2 was lucky - his group had a taster session & invited a few boys to join & he was invited. I'm looking forward to seeing him sometime soon - apart from his big show a couple of months ago I haven't really seen him dance.

PandaNot · 28/02/2015 19:33

My dancing boy is 10 and currently in the midst of lower school auditions. Hammond on Monday! I'm so proud of the way he's handling it all, yeses and nos. I will be pleased when this month is over and everything is decided, one way or another.

WhispersOfWickedness · 28/02/2015 19:41

Waves to everyone

It was the rehearsal today for the annual show next week, they all did so well, I can't wait to see it DS loved it and is asking now if he can do a solo for the next show, so going to have a word with his dance teacher about starting to do a bit more than just the standard classes now

balletgirlmum · 28/02/2015 19:51

Best of luck to him on Monday - it's a lovely school.

Is he doing the Big Four?

PandaNot · 28/02/2015 20:27

Not tring, it's just too tricky to get to. Got a no from RB (expected) but finals for Elmhurst which is where he would really love to go. He's an elmhurst associate.

balletgirlmum · 28/02/2015 21:02

Ds didn't audition for Tring either, there were only 3 MDS available that year & it was too expensive/far away.

Well done for finals & hope he finds the right school for him.

balletgirlmum · 28/02/2015 21:07

That should read dd. Auto correct insists on changing it to ds.

dancestomyowntune · 28/02/2015 22:16

I am in Totnes and have two dancing boys! Ds1 is 8, does ballet, tap, street, modern, jazz, song and performance and Greek. He is dallying a bit at the moment over whether or not to audition for JAs. I would like him to, but think his turnout might not be good enough and if he didn't get in it would destroy his confidence.

Ds2 is 7. He does Ballet, Tap, Modern, street, Greek and song and dance. He could be amazing but his behaviour lets him down. He has beautiful feet though!

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UniS · 28/02/2015 22:18

I asked boy today if he fancied tying ballet again? He said , ballet was OK when he was too young to join the junior morris group, but he likes morris a lot more.
SO I raised the idea that he might like to talk to his teacher about joining the inters step class ( he currently does morris / celidh and beginner step in a combined class) , interestingly his wobble about this wasn't the level of class, it was " but I would be the only boy" . He doesn't think the other boys would ready for the next class tho he probably is( and I think he might be right) . I hadn't realised how important it is to him that he not the only boy in the group.

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saintlyjimjams · 01/03/2015 07:44

DS was the only boy in a group a few years ago (he was about 9 or 10 I think). He was okay with it, but did leave after a term & was a bit about being the only boy. He's much happier now he's older, (13) in all girl groups though for a lot of things, but does seem to really enjoy dancing with other boys.

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